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2026

The Last Page original ↗

28 Aug 2026

Repairing and Refinishing a 19th-Century Sideboard – Part 2 original ↗

20 Jun 2026

Repairing and Refinishing a 19th-Century Sideboard – Part 1 original ↗

13 Jun 2026

What Wood Finishes are Food-Safe?original ↗

31 Jan 2026

Fix Flaws in Wooden Spoons with This Simple Inlay/Infill Technique original ↗

5 Jan 2026

2025

Make Your Own Ribbon Bookmark original ↗

15 Dec 2025

On Safety: No Risk, No Learning original ↗

29 Nov 2025

Making a Joint Stool from Trees, Part 3: The Seat and the Finish original ↗

5 Sept 2025

Making a Joint Stool from Trees, Part 2: No-Lathe Legs original ↗

29 Aug 2025

Making a Joint Stool from Trees, Part 1: Layout and Joinery original ↗

22 Aug 2025

Building Peter Follansbee’s Book Stand (in Exotics)original ↗

8 Aug 2025

The Wardrobe original ↗

5 Jul 2025

2024

The Most Basic Woodworking of All: Cutting Firewood original ↗

3 Dec 2024

Building Bookcases for My Home Library. Or, 82 Dado Joints by Hand. With a Rolling Library Ladder!original ↗

1 Jul 2024

A New Workbench, Part 4: Additions and Accessories original ↗

14 Jun 2024

A New Workbench, Part 3: The Vise and Planing Stop original ↗

7 Jun 2024

A New Workbench, Part 2: The Legs original ↗

1 Jun 2024

A New Workbench, Part 1: The Top original ↗

24 May 2024

How to Mill Your Own Lumber on a Bandsaw original ↗

12 Jan 2024

2023

Panel Saw Restoration original ↗

20 Dec 2023

New Home, New Workshop, Same Woodworking original ↗

28 Nov 2023

Going Commercial: 7 Ways Selling Your Work Will Change Your Craft original ↗

26 May 2023

Moving on from Markets original ↗

19 May 2023

What’s the Difference between Art and Craft? Problem-Solving.original ↗

2 Apr 2023

How Do You Set Prices for Handmade Goods?original ↗

16 Mar 2023

Do NOT Boil Your Wooden Spoons original ↗

12 Feb 2023

For Narnia! A Stone Table Made from Wood original ↗

21 Jan 2023

2022

Breadboard Ends on a Stove Cover original ↗

20 Jul 2022

Spoons, Spoons, and More Spoons original ↗

29 Jun 2022

How I Make a Spoon original ↗

21 Jun 2022

Working with Weird, Local Woods (part 2)original ↗

17 Jun 2022

Working with Weird, Local Woods (part 1)original ↗

10 Jun 2022

Four Steps to Rust-Free Tools original ↗

4 Mar 2022

Planing Stop original ↗

25 Feb 2022

The Story of My Stanley # 4 1/2 Smoothing Plane original ↗

4 Feb 2022

Loose the Weight original ↗

29 Jan 2022

Crosses and Craftsmanship original ↗

2 Jan 2022

2021

Tool Chest Guided Tour original ↗

18 Dec 2021

When a Furniture Maker Buys Furniture original ↗

8 Oct 2021

Names on Tools: Past and Future Owners original ↗

24 Sept 2021

Meet My Dumb Apprentices original ↗

17 Sept 2021

Building the Mule Chest original ↗

11 Sept 2021

De-Cluttering Your Time: 3 Keys to Reducing Screen-Time original ↗

20 Aug 2021

How to Do Woodworking on 24 Hours a Day original ↗

13 Aug 2021

Beating the Clutter-Creators: Habits and Strategies original ↗

8 Aug 2021

Clutter-Creator #4: Stuff of the Past original ↗

6 Aug 2021

Clutter-Creator #3: Stuff I’m Avoiding original ↗

30 Jul 2021

Clutter-Creator #2: Stuff I’m Convinced Has Value original ↗

23 Jul 2021

Clutter-Creator #1: Stuff for Someday original ↗

16 Jul 2021

Getting to the Root of the Clutter Problem original ↗

12 Jul 2021

Essential Tools (For Me), Part 4: Joinery Planes original ↗

30 Jun 2021

Essential Tools (for Me), Part 3: Spoon-Making Tools original ↗

27 Jun 2021

Essential Tools (to Me), Part 2: The Dovetail Saw original ↗

23 Jun 2021

Essential Tools (to Me), part 1: The Stair Saw original ↗

20 Jun 2021

How to Not Grow a Business original ↗

11 Jun 2021

The Ukulele Spoon original ↗

13 Feb 2021

Don’t Destroy Yourself original ↗

17 Jan 2021

2020

The Literary Workshop: Now on Video!original ↗

30 Dec 2020

125 Utensils in Three Weeks original ↗

10 Dec 2020

“For Love and Money,” My Latest Article – Published in Quercus Magazine original ↗

8 Nov 2020

The Art of Sanding original ↗

24 Oct 2020

What’s in a Name?original ↗

28 Sept 2020

Hurricane Sally: A Woodworker’s Perspective original ↗

19 Sept 2020

A Note of Encouragement to Beginning Carvers original ↗

18 Sept 2020

Can You Carve Spoons from Dry Wood?original ↗

10 Sept 2020

I Wrote a Book!original ↗

4 Sept 2020

Literary Workshop is 10 Years Old Today!original ↗

29 Aug 2020

Why Aren’t There More Novels about Woodworkers (or about Anyone in the Trades)?original ↗

24 Jul 2020

Building the Marriage Bed original ↗

17 Jul 2020

Your Project Makes You original ↗

11 Jul 2020

Podcast Recommendation: Hand Tool Book Review original ↗

21 Jun 2020

What to Do with an Old Treadle Sewing Machine original ↗

19 Jun 2020

From Toy Box to Tool Chest original ↗

12 Jun 2020

Requiem for a Shade Tree original ↗

5 Jun 2020

Sloyd Knife Sheaths original ↗

29 Apr 2020

How to Start Carving Spoons original ↗

24 Apr 2020

How to Start Working Wood (part 2), What Should You Make First?original ↗

21 Apr 2020

How to Start Working Wood (part 1), What Tools Should You Get First?original ↗

20 Apr 2020

Fill Gaps and Fix Cracks with This Simple, Superglue Inlay original ↗

15 Apr 2020

The Gift of Time: 8 Ways to Use Extra Time in the Shop original ↗

14 Mar 2020

2019

Why I Don’t Sign My Spoons original ↗

6 Dec 2019

Cedar Cigar Box original ↗

26 Nov 2019

The Card Scraper Wallet original ↗

31 Aug 2019

Flattening Your Oilstone Is Really Easy original ↗

23 Aug 2019

Folding Outfeed Table for My Bandsaw original ↗

6 Aug 2019

Want to Carve Spoons? Use a Template original ↗

31 Jul 2019

Why Make Your Own Drawer Pulls?original ↗

25 Jul 2019

One Last Bedstead original ↗

21 Jun 2019

A Beginning Woodworker’s Toolkit original ↗

14 Jun 2019

How to Build Carpenter Bee Traps (That Look Nice)original ↗

30 May 2019

Ancient Crafts in the Modern World: Book Review original ↗

22 Mar 2019

Building A Frame-and-Panel Interior Door original ↗

20 Mar 2019

How to Sell Your Handmade Goods at a Craft Market, part 3: Vendor Etiquette original ↗

27 Feb 2019

How to Sell Your Handmade Goods at a Craft Market, part 2: Interacting with People original ↗

19 Feb 2019

How to Sell Your Handmade Goods at a Craft Market, part 1: The Display original ↗

8 Feb 2019

Build A Simple, Wooden Storage Crate in an Hour original ↗

4 Jan 2019

2018

The Hardest Part of Learning to Sharpen original ↗

20 Dec 2018

The One Essential Hand Tool original ↗

13 Dec 2018

Rebuilding Trunnions on a 14″ Steel City Band Saw original ↗

3 Nov 2018

Crafting (in) the Home: Passing on Your Skills to your Children original ↗

28 Oct 2018